Friday, September 6, 2013

That's glow business: How pop stars to politicians are using holograms

While Madonna and animated rock group Gorillaz flirted with holograms at the MTV Awards in 2008, the phenomenon really caught the world's eye at Coachella in 2012 when Tupac Shakur - an American rapper who was shot dead in 1996 - made a surprise comeback at the California festival.

Rising from the dead, he made an unforgettable appearance alongside Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, causing the music industry to think about other possible comebacks, from Elvis Presley to Edith Piaf.